DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,969

PARAMOUNT HEADWEAR, INC.
BOURBON, MISSOURI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 11, 2002, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Paramount Headwear, Inc., Bourbon, Missouri. The
workers produce headwear.


The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined in 2001 compared with 2000, and con-
tinued to decline in January and February of 2002. The investiga-
tion further revealed that the subject firm increased its imports
of headwear during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with headwear produced at Paramount Head-
wear, Inc., Bourbon, Missouri, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Paramount Headwear, Inc., Bourbon, Missouri,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 9, 2001, the date of expiration of a
previous certification, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 18th day of June, 2002.



/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance